Telecom consolidation is driven largely by the need for scale efficiencies, made more urgent as telecom players increasingly compete on price. Size and scale give telecom companies a larger geographic coverage plus expanded offerings, which can serve to hedge against a downturn in any specific service segment.
A neck injury may cause damage to the phrenic nerve. Symptoms of a phrenic nerve injury may include difficulty breathing. A pacemaker may be surgically implanted into an individual that has difficulty breathing due to phrenic nerve damage. Physical trauma is the most common cause of damage to phrenic nerves.
Postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) is the most common complication of herpes zoster (shingles). It produces chronic pain along cutaneous nerves and often some distortion of sensation. The pain can either persist after the acute episode of shingles or recur in an area previously affected by shingles.